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armstrong. >> lance armstrong just confirmed his tour de france win. >> reporter: the icon who transcended sport, hung around with movie stars and world leaders, the one who told the world year after year that he was clean and anyone who said otherwise was just out to get him. >> i have never doped. i've never taken performance-enhancing drugs. my best defense is i've never tested positive. >> reporter: he didn't just lie to reporters, fans, sponsors, and even cancer survivors, he lied under oath, too. >> how many times do i have to say it? >> i just want to make sure your testimony is clear. >> if it can't be any clearer that i've never taken drugs. >> reporter: along way, armstrong's great lie left a trail of human collateral damage. people who went from friend to enemy the minute they threatened to expose him. >> it's a long time coming. i think it's steph. >> reporter: frankie andreu was his best friend and teammate until he and his wife testified they heard him admit he took drugs. armstrong went on the attack, accusing frankie and betsy of lying. >> she said in her deposition she hat
armstrong. >> lance armstrong just confirmed his tour de france win. >> reporter: the icon who transcended sport, hung around with movie stars and world leaders, the one who told the world year after year that he was clean and anyone who said otherwise was just out to get him. >> i have never doped. i've never taken performance-enhancing drugs. my best defense is i've never tested positive. >> reporter: he didn't just lie to reporters, fans, sponsors, and even cancer...
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he was an incredible competitor after lance armstrong and lance armstrong, as betty said, went after greg lemond. do you think lance armstrong gets it, bill? >> i think he gets that he should get it, and i think what we're seeing here is he's really struggling with it. what's interesting to me is there's sort of parallel views of this going on. there's a lot of people who are skeptical, but i was reading all the reactions today from jonathan and tyler hamilton and frankie. they have all acknowledged how hard it is just to do what he's done, and frankie in a report today was saying until you sit down and start talking to usada, you don't know how hard that is. the people who are there and made the mistakes he did in a smaller way, they seem to have more empathy for him than everyone else. interesting. >> oprah asked about paying off allegations that he attempted to pay off usada or somebody in his world attempted to pay off usada. let's listen to what he said. >> last wednesday night travis tygart ceo of usada told 60 minutes sports that someone on your team offered a donation that us
he was an incredible competitor after lance armstrong and lance armstrong, as betty said, went after greg lemond. do you think lance armstrong gets it, bill? >> i think he gets that he should get it, and i think what we're seeing here is he's really struggling with it. what's interesting to me is there's sort of parallel views of this going on. there's a lot of people who are skeptical, but i was reading all the reactions today from jonathan and tyler hamilton and frankie. they have all...
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lance armstrong comes clean. after more than a decade of denials, lies and cheating, seven-time tour de france winner, olympic bronze medalist and cancer survivor lance armstrong told oprah winfrey the truth. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no. was one of those banned substances epo? >> yes. >> did you ever blood dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> did you ever use any other banned substances like testosterone, cortisone or human growth hormone? >> yes. >> yes or no, in all seven of your tour de france victories, did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes. >> in your opinion, was it humanly possible to win the tour de france without doping? seven times in a row. >> not in my opinion. >> for months, even longer, armstrong has been feeling the effects of the latest and biggest u.s. anti-doping investigation. this one found him guilty of using illicit drugs throughout his cycling career. now his to
lance armstrong comes clean. after more than a decade of denials, lies and cheating, seven-time tour de france winner, olympic bronze medalist and cancer survivor lance armstrong told oprah winfrey the truth. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no. was one of those banned substances epo? >> yes. >> did you ever blood dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >>...
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get on national headline programs, it doesn't, it did with lance armstrong and after lance armstrong it didn't and it is again because lance armstrong is in the news again. it is a massive story and i think his story had as many sort of components to it of what people look to sports for as any story that has ever been told in sports. >> rose: daniel. >> it is a greek myth, we have seen his rise and now we are compelled by his fall because it is driven by the same quality, that willingness to do anything to win in cycling that took him to some dark places and seeing exactly as we wrote in our book the secret race we are seeing exactly what that place looked like and what it is made of and the decisions he made,. >> rose: the answer to the question, why would he dope in the first place is simply the competition and the need to win? >> it has to do with the way he is built, this is what makes lance, lance he so easy the word in a very binary way, he looks out at a landscape if something will help him and if it won't, he won't do it, so that same strategy, that same mindset which made hi
get on national headline programs, it doesn't, it did with lance armstrong and after lance armstrong it didn't and it is again because lance armstrong is in the news again. it is a massive story and i think his story had as many sort of components to it of what people look to sports for as any story that has ever been told in sports. >> rose: daniel. >> it is a greek myth, we have seen his rise and now we are compelled by his fall because it is driven by the same quality, that...
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>>lance armstrong dijo que no era posible ganar un tour sin deparse. que viajaba en aviones para doparse, que las agujas las tiraba dentro de latas de refresco para no dejar evidencia. no temia ser descubierto, que sentia que no hacia nada malo. lance armstrong fue objeto de una investigación que no arrojo resultados. >>compañeros dieron su testimonio y dijeron que era el programa más sofisticado de dopaje que se haya visto. >>junto a otros, enfrenta una gran demanda. >>pordrían llegar a encauzarlo formalmente. quizás pueden acusarlo de tráfico de drogas a nivel estatal e internacional. >>hoy vencia el plazo si el servicio postal se unia a la demanda del ex compañero de lance armstrong, que violó una clausula de patrocinio. el servicio quiere recuperar los 40 millones de dólares que le dio a lance armstrong por seis años. >>este podría recibir el 25% de lo que puedan recuperar >>revelaciones que pueden cambiar el curso de este deporte. >>y habrá que esperar el desenlace en corte. >>y un sicario que quiera confesar sus delitos no es común.
>>lance armstrong dijo que no era posible ganar un tour sin deparse. que viajaba en aviones para doparse, que las agujas las tiraba dentro de latas de refresco para no dejar evidencia. no temia ser descubierto, que sentia que no hacia nada malo. lance armstrong fue objeto de una investigación que no arrojo resultados. >>compañeros dieron su testimonio y dijeron que era el programa más sofisticado de dopaje que se haya visto. >>junto a otros, enfrenta una gran demanda....
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>>lance armstrong admitió lo que había negado por años, el dopaje. >>y hace un año el presidente hugo chávez dio un informe anual que duró varias horas, hoy lo dio nicolás maduro y duró diez minutos. <>>durante años lance armstrong nego haberse dopado para obtener ventaja en las compeetencia, hasta ataco a quienes lo acusaron. >>pero la confesion también podría valer millones >>gano siete tour de francia, combatio el cáncer testicular y por años negó haberse dopado >>pero el año pasado la agencia estadounidenses antidopaje, le quitó los siete titulos y le prohibió correr de por vida. >>horas antes pidió perdón a quienes trabajan en su fundacion por los problemas que pudo haber causado >>expertos legales dicen que esto estaría en un costo de 40 millones de dólares, lo que los patrocinadores le han pagado. >>han hecho un control de daños. >>lance armstrong no es la primera estrella del deporte que pasa por esto, y ha usado el sistema de pedir perdón para conseguir la consideracion de los demás >>da mala cosa, que admiren a personas
>>lance armstrong admitió lo que había negado por años, el dopaje. >>y hace un año el presidente hugo chávez dio un informe anual que duró varias horas, hoy lo dio nicolás maduro y duró diez minutos. >durante años lance armstrong nego haberse dopado para obtener ventaja en las compeetencia, hasta ataco a quienes lo acusaron. >>pero la confesion también podría valer millones >>gano siete tour de francia, combatio el cáncer testicular y por años negó...
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lance armstrong was doping. of course he was. you can best cancer and you can win the tour de france but you can't beat the tour de france 7 times and beat cancer or vice versa meaning you have won the tour de france and lost seven testicles. it's obvious in hindsight. it's like the tooth fairy. of course, a winged fairy spends her life collecting baby teeth yet somehow has money in her pocket to give out. defies credibility. any idiot with half a brain should have been able to see armstrong of lying. they've been testing me like crazy. they've been following you. don't the results speak for themselves at a certain point? >> jon: hello! hello. [ laughter ] nailed it again. [ laughter ] [cheers and applause] you know what? for as good as interviewing as i am, i would not be surprised if armstrong was also banging david patreaus. [ laughter ] looking at how the two of us have aged since that interview, i need to start doping. [ laughter ] so armstrong admits doping. it's a long road back to redemption. how can he find himself back
lance armstrong was doping. of course he was. you can best cancer and you can win the tour de france but you can't beat the tour de france 7 times and beat cancer or vice versa meaning you have won the tour de france and lost seven testicles. it's obvious in hindsight. it's like the tooth fairy. of course, a winged fairy spends her life collecting baby teeth yet somehow has money in her pocket to give out. defies credibility. any idiot with half a brain should have been able to see armstrong of...
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lance armstrong has proven to be a disgrace. he finally told the truth i am waiting along with others whether the city attorney herrera and sean -- will start telling the truth. we want to know what the real residence was in 2008, don't do the lance armstrong because it did not work for him. mayor lee, what would you do about -- and alvarez. number three, is the board of supervisors and the mayor's office will support the reason federal child porn investigation and prosecution in california? the answer is no. are you going to support child porn? put your money where your mouth is. next california, you know it is spelled california. is coming to san francisco? only you know the answer. the last headline in the chronicle, sf scientist resigns after faking data. truth is very elusive in san francisco. sooner or later people that lie will pay the ultimate price. lance armstrong, even i loved you. he disappointed me. you proved me right. >> thanks next speaker. >> if you could good please pull the microphone. i'm a mother who lost a
lance armstrong has proven to be a disgrace. he finally told the truth i am waiting along with others whether the city attorney herrera and sean -- will start telling the truth. we want to know what the real residence was in 2008, don't do the lance armstrong because it did not work for him. mayor lee, what would you do about -- and alvarez. number three, is the board of supervisors and the mayor's office will support the reason federal child porn investigation and prosecution in california?...
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we pick up the story about lance armstrong. >> i owe them apologies. >> reporter: lance armstrong apologized to his fans and all of those that believed in him. in part two of his interview, he spoke directly to those of that wore his live strong base lets and stood -- bracelets and stood by him during his lying about doping. >> i understand your anger. >> uh-huh. >> your sense of betrayal. >> uh-huh. >> you supported me forever through all of this and you believed and i lied to you. and i'm sorry. >> reporter: armstrong said his first wife kristin knew about his use of performance-enhancing drugs. he also said his lowest moment wasn't when he was stripped of his cycling titles. it was when his own live strong foundation asked him to step away. >> it was the best thing for the organization. >> uh-huh. >> but it hurt like hell. >> reporter: armstrong got emotional when recalling how he told his children who had defended him to their friends that he had cheated. >> i've always denied that and i've always been defiant about that. you guys have seen that. that's probably why you trusted me on it.
we pick up the story about lance armstrong. >> i owe them apologies. >> reporter: lance armstrong apologized to his fans and all of those that believed in him. in part two of his interview, he spoke directly to those of that wore his live strong base lets and stood -- bracelets and stood by him during his lying about doping. >> i understand your anger. >> uh-huh. >> your sense of betrayal. >> uh-huh. >> you supported me forever through all of this and...
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. >> also ahead lance armstrong opened up about doping to oprah. now the fans are speaking out. plus when armstrong could compete again. >> high-end hotels offering over the top packages and they did not sell. we'll show you how they are breaking them down to draw in customers. >> i'm doug hill in the weather center. our bright sunny day is turning into a clear and cold night. what about the weekend and inauguration day weather? i've got it for you. >> hundreds of planes are expected to fly into this area this weekend for the inauguration. most of them will park at dulles international airport. the mopts -- metropolitan authority tells us that roughly 300 private planes are expected there. the airport closed the runway for president obama's first inauguration. >> the crouppeds at the inauguration on monday won't be what it was in 2009 and that has an impact on some hotels. that has them scaling down on some of their packages. most of us couldn't afford the deals. >> they call it over the top for a reason. first of all, take a look at the view. look at thiser the arise that -- te
. >> also ahead lance armstrong opened up about doping to oprah. now the fans are speaking out. plus when armstrong could compete again. >> high-end hotels offering over the top packages and they did not sell. we'll show you how they are breaking them down to draw in customers. >> i'm doug hill in the weather center. our bright sunny day is turning into a clear and cold night. what about the weekend and inauguration day weather? i've got it for you. >> hundreds of planes...
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a bombshell dropped by my hero, lance armstrong, master of the two wheeler. rumors have been swirling for years about lance, but unlike most americans, when times got tough, i didn't get off the tandem bike of admiration. no! i saddled up, rang the bell of loyalty, put down the kickstand of support, stayed in it to schwinn it, and-- i've run out of bike metaphors. [ laughter ] point is, the man's a hero. he beat cancer. then went on to beat something even less popular: the french. [ laughter ] [cheers and applause] well, yesterday he finally broke his silence in an explosive sit down with oprah. now, it doesn't air until thursday and security around the interview has been tighter than lance's pants. [ laughter ] we know absolutely nothing. so, of course, all the cable news networks are reporting it. [ laughter ] lady o refuses to release any clips to the news media, but instead. she sat down with her best friend gayle's best cbs "this morning" co-host charlie rose to give us her reaction to what she won't tell us lance said. >> stephen: well sorry, oprah. i'm
a bombshell dropped by my hero, lance armstrong, master of the two wheeler. rumors have been swirling for years about lance, but unlike most americans, when times got tough, i didn't get off the tandem bike of admiration. no! i saddled up, rang the bell of loyalty, put down the kickstand of support, stayed in it to schwinn it, and-- i've run out of bike metaphors. [ laughter ] point is, the man's a hero. he beat cancer. then went on to beat something even less popular: the french. [ laughter ]...
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but, look, he's lance armstrong. what he wanted was the cover of "newsweek." he wanted a prominent -- someone prominent in the world of sports to come to his defense because as we all saw last night, lance is a clinical, classic narcissist who really only cares about himself. so he didn't care about me. he cared about getting what he could out of me, but, you know, journalists go through this all the time, and i bought it, and i'm embarrassed. >> dave, you wrote that what he's trying to do now is the equivalent of riding a bike through the eye of a needle. well, we watched half of it. we'll see the rest of it tonight perhaps. did he succeed? >> no, he didn't succeed at all, and he didn't succeed on either front, and that's the key point here is that he had to do two different things that were very different, very divergent, and he failed at both. this is what he had to do. first, he had to show the united states anti-doping agency that he was contrite, that he was serious about taking their findings as the new law of the land. that their findings about him wer
but, look, he's lance armstrong. what he wanted was the cover of "newsweek." he wanted a prominent -- someone prominent in the world of sports to come to his defense because as we all saw last night, lance is a clinical, classic narcissist who really only cares about himself. so he didn't care about me. he cared about getting what he could out of me, but, you know, journalists go through this all the time, and i bought it, and i'm embarrassed. >> dave, you wrote that what he's...
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lance armstrong could face ruinous lawsuits after his confession to doping. jim axelrod reports. john miller has a rare look inside f.b.i. intelligence as it prepares for next week's inauguration. >> reporter: so what are the threats to this inauguration? >> pelley: and steve hartman "on the road" with two coworkers who thought they had nothing in common until he told his stories of battles long ago. >> he's someone that i will never forget. i will tell my kids his stories. i'll tell anybody his stories that want to listen. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. one american has been killed in that hostage standoff in algeria. frederick butaccio was an employee of the oil company b.p. we don't know how he died but u.s. got sources tell us his body has been recovered. a top official says tonight that at least six americans have survived but others have still being held. u.s. military transport planes landed near the scene and evacuated survivors. some of them described as lightly wounded. all of this is playing out at
lance armstrong could face ruinous lawsuits after his confession to doping. jim axelrod reports. john miller has a rare look inside f.b.i. intelligence as it prepares for next week's inauguration. >> reporter: so what are the threats to this inauguration? >> pelley: and steve hartman "on the road" with two coworkers who thought they had nothing in common until he told his stories of battles long ago. >> he's someone that i will never forget. i will tell my kids his...
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disgraced cyclist lance armstrong is facing new criticism a day after he made a nationally televised confession. some are saying he still has not told oprah winfrey the entire truth. >> if lance armstrong's goal was a shot at redemption, he may have just taken a step backwards. >> i view this situation as one big lie that i repeated a lot of times. >> but investigators say even now he's still lying the he told oprah he stopped doping in 2005. >> you did not do a blood tranceusion? >> absolutely not. >> in 2009? >> 2009 and 2010. those were the two years i did the tour. absolutely not. >> yet today investigators tell abc news his blood work from 2009 shows consistent blood manipulation consistent with transfusions. why admit to anything? critics say it's to keep within the statute of limitations and avoid possible criminal charges. even though he did confess the smearing tactics many saw a lack of compassion that seemed bizarre at best. >> are you satisfied by anything you heard? >> no, i'm not. i'm really disappointed. i don't know if i'm stupid willing to give him a second chance, b
disgraced cyclist lance armstrong is facing new criticism a day after he made a nationally televised confession. some are saying he still has not told oprah winfrey the entire truth. >> if lance armstrong's goal was a shot at redemption, he may have just taken a step backwards. >> i view this situation as one big lie that i repeated a lot of times. >> but investigators say even now he's still lying the he told oprah he stopped doping in 2005. >> you did not do a blood...
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real dope on the lance armstrong standal and yeah, you might end up paying, too . not their short-term agenda. [ woman ] if you have the nerve to believe that cookie cutters should be for cookies, not your investment strategy. if you believe in the sheer brilliance of a simple explanation. [ male announcer ] join the nearly 7 million investors who think like you do: face time and think time make a difference. join us. [ male announcer ] at edward jones, it's how we make sense of investing....
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this is crazy and the thing about lance armstrong and where they paid 30 million. get them out of the business. >> and by the way, the inspector general said they may be out of business unless it is a bail out and it is a mess and they are paying for sports team. >> look at the 70s 80s 90s and how it is cleaned up leading by the national football league and now all major sports organization are cleaning up their own system. the group that is not is prescriptional boxes and the reason for that. the government runs the commission and that's where we have all of the horrible mess. get the government out of the sports completely. >> and christian going back to the government spending issue with you. they need to stop spending money on this like cycling. >> i agree. they shouldn't be spending money to sponsor arm strock tour team or nascar . military spends many times more . shouldn't do it because it is not affective. i got to feel sorry for the post office. they are told to act like a business and then they do a business thing like sponsor a sports team it blows up. b
this is crazy and the thing about lance armstrong and where they paid 30 million. get them out of the business. >> and by the way, the inspector general said they may be out of business unless it is a bail out and it is a mess and they are paying for sports team. >> look at the 70s 80s 90s and how it is cleaned up leading by the national football league and now all major sports organization are cleaning up their own system. the group that is not is prescriptional boxes and the...
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everybody can make up their mind about lance armstrong. i think is he a weasel. i have said that from the jump. but, you will like him or there is an excrews, that's fine. i don't care. but by making this admission, he opens himself up to an enormous amount of potential litigation. >> absolutely. he stands to lose tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars. worth $125 million. several lawsuits aren't even filed. the first one is filed a while ago floyd landis one of his teammates who he defamed he brought a whistle blowing suit the government will or will not join in by thursday. that's their deadline to decide whether or not to join him. if floyd landis and the government wins this whistle blowing case he could be looking at $100 million in losses because they are treble damages. >> >> bill: explain the case to me. >> floyd landis said wait a second, you were on this team, you were using these drugs along with me. and you defrauded the government. the oust postal service. >> did landis get caught using them i don't believe. >> he was you. i didn't realize that
everybody can make up their mind about lance armstrong. i think is he a weasel. i have said that from the jump. but, you will like him or there is an excrews, that's fine. i don't care. but by making this admission, he opens himself up to an enormous amount of potential litigation. >> absolutely. he stands to lose tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars. worth $125 million. several lawsuits aren't even filed. the first one is filed a while ago floyd landis one of his teammates who he...
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after a decade of lies lance armstrong admitted he used banned performance-enhancing drugs through all seven of his wins at the tour de france. the disgraced cyclist didn't tell all but he told a lot in an interview with oprah winfrey aired last night. we asked jim axelrod to look at where this leaves armstrong now. >> i view this situation as one big lie that i repeated a lot of times. as you said it wasn't as if i just said no and i moved off it. >> reporter: now that armstrong is no longer repeating the lie he may face a number of lawsuits that could decimate his estimated net worth of more than $100 million. the largest involves his long- time sponsor, the u.s. postal service. armstrong's postal service contract specifically banned doping. a lawsuit already has been filed by former teammate floyd landis that alleges armstrong defrauded the postal service and the federal government. the postal service paid armstrong more than $30 million. under the law, if fraud against the government is proven, the penalty could be triple, more than $90 million. one interested viewer of the intervi
after a decade of lies lance armstrong admitted he used banned performance-enhancing drugs through all seven of his wins at the tour de france. the disgraced cyclist didn't tell all but he told a lot in an interview with oprah winfrey aired last night. we asked jim axelrod to look at where this leaves armstrong now. >> i view this situation as one big lie that i repeated a lot of times. as you said it wasn't as if i just said no and i moved off it. >> reporter: now that armstrong is...
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lance armstrong was no ordinary cheat. no, he was an international hero. a seven time-tour de france winner, the usain bolt of his sport. not to mention a public face in the fight against cancer. yet in his confessional last night with oprah, he confessed only what was obvious to anyone who wanted to see it, that he doped throughout his cycling career. but armstrong did not admit to cheating, denied he was a doping ringleader, didn't admit to bullying, and seemed emotionally incapable of sympathy for the people whose lives he ruined and money he took when they tried to do nothing more than tell the truth about what he had done. joining me is "the daily beast's" buzz bissinger and sports editor for "the nation" dave zirin. buzz, in august of 2012, just five months ago, you wrote a cover story for "newsweek" entitled "i still believe in lance armstrong," and yet last night his interview with oprah winfrey began with a series of yes and no questions. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no, was one of t
lance armstrong was no ordinary cheat. no, he was an international hero. a seven time-tour de france winner, the usain bolt of his sport. not to mention a public face in the fight against cancer. yet in his confessional last night with oprah, he confessed only what was obvious to anyone who wanted to see it, that he doped throughout his cycling career. but armstrong did not admit to cheating, denied he was a doping ringleader, didn't admit to bullying, and seemed emotionally incapable of...
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. >> plus, a turning point in the lance armstrong doping scandal. what sources are saying about his interview with oprah winfrey. >> , up later in this broadcast the 49ers play off time. everybody loves the 49ers, jacqueline, pam also love the 49ers. we will check it out, coming up. >> pam: an inside source says. during an interview with oprah winfrey today. disgraced cycling champion - lance armstrong admitted to using performance enhancing drugs. armstrong was stripped of his seven tour de france titles last year. after a u.s. anti- doping agency report shed light on his extensive doping regimen. earlier today, armstrong apologized to his 'live strong' charity organization. and asked that they continue to help those with cancer and their families. afterwards, armstrong left to prepare for his interview with oprah. which will air on thursday. >> jacqueline: it is already cold tonight. temperatures in the 20's and 30's. sleep train has your ticket to tempur-pedic. experience the pressure-relieving comfort of tempur-pedic, and sleep risk-free with sl
. >> plus, a turning point in the lance armstrong doping scandal. what sources are saying about his interview with oprah winfrey. >> , up later in this broadcast the 49ers play off time. everybody loves the 49ers, jacqueline, pam also love the 49ers. we will check it out, coming up. >> pam: an inside source says. during an interview with oprah winfrey today. disgraced cycling champion - lance armstrong admitted to using performance enhancing drugs. armstrong was stripped of...